Rainbow Scattering in Inelastic Molecular Collisions

  • Lowell D. Thomas
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Abstract

The role of rainbow scattering in elastic collisions of atoms and atomic ions is well known1,2 and provides an important link between experimental observation and the theoretical potential energy curve which governs the dynamics of the colliding atoms. Only recently, however, has the analogous phenomenon in the case of non-spherical potentials and inelastic collisions been investigated.

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Potential Energy Surface Impact Parameter Differential Cross Section Deflection Angle Heavy Black Line 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Lowell D. Thomas
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  1. 1.National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, Lawrence Berkeley LaboratoryUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyUSA

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